Wikipedia:Writing Wikipedia Articles course/Round 2/Week 5

Week of 11/12 June 2013 (Class #5)


 * Archive of Week 5 class:
 * On Blackboard Collaborate
 * Archive of Week 5 lab:
 * On Blackboard Collaborate


 * Live notes on Etherpad: http://etherpad.wikimedia.org/WIKISOO

Week 5: A deeper dive into Open Educational Resources
Four experts in open educational resources and related fields will join us for Class 5, for a panel discussion exploring how Wikipedia's coverage of this topic can be improved. In contrast with last week's panel discussion, in which our guests shared a variety of experiences as Wikipedians, this week we will explore Wikipedia content from the perspective of experts in a field.

Our panelists will include:
 * Wayne Mackintosh, founder of WikiEducator, the OER Foundation, and OER University
 * Lisa McLaughlin, ISKME's Director of Open Knowledge Networks and OER Commons
 * Billy Meinke, open education advocate and instructional designer; Project Assistant at Creative Commons (and a fellow designer of School of Open courses!)
 * John Vandenberg, works at the University of New England, Australia, a veteran Wikipedia and Wikisource contributor, and past president of Wikimedia Australia

Discussion and Q/A will follow the panel's comments. Please bring any questions or ideas prompted by your work on your final project!

Please note: We expect a lively session, and plan to keep our focus on our guests' presentations this week. If you have questions or ideas about your final project that are not related to OER, this week especially, we recommend that you use our class discussion page and/or our lab session; we will not have much time to take general questions before the panel discussion in class this week.

Lab session
Join us informally Thursday evening/Friday morning (same time as class time, 1:00am UTC) to work through the on-wiki homework tasks or ask other editing questions. In addition to the conference room, you can always use our class discussion page for questions and comments: WT:WIKISOO.

Week 5 Homework
Do:
 * This is the last week to work on the final project for this course, as outlined in Week 3. Having either selected an existing Wikipedia article to improve at least one level on the quality scale, OR started a new Wikipedia article (which you will aim to bring to at least "Start" class in quality), you should by now have this well underway. Not so much? No worries. Work on it this week, joining us in the lab if you're stuck. Also bring any questions, concerns, or ideas up on our course talk page! We will be reviewing selected articles in the last class.
 * How many edits (changes) have you accumulated on Wikipedia? Check out your user contributions page to find out. By now it should be nearing at least 200. If not, don't worry -- you're getting there, and you're welcome to apply for the badge after the course's conclusion if you need extra time!
 * Write a blog post about your experiences working on Wikipedia (or similar: a YouTube video, a series of tweets or Facebook posts, a Storify or Tumblr page…) Use the hashtag #wikisoo (and, if appropriate, #CommOER). Post about it on the course talk page!

Week 5 Extra Credit
Choose from one or more of the following, if you haven't done so already:

Do:
 * Seek an assessment of your article. This could be from a WikiProject, through a formal peer review process (WP:GA, WP:FA, WP:PR). It's also a good idea to seek input from classmates, but we do not suggest that class participants assign article quality ranks on one another's articles.
 * Participate in a decision on Wikipedia (e.g. a peer review discussion, an article deletion or merge debate, etc.)
 * Discuss one or more of Wikipedia's policies with a colleague, student, or friend.
 * Help a newbie figure something out (yes, you are ready!)
 * Improve the lead section of an article (in addition to your main assignment).
 * Perform a Good Article review for another Wikipedian.
 * Leave a WikiLove message or a Barn Star for a fellow Wikipedian.